Lead Software Engineer - Workflow Orchestration

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?

🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

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The Impact of a Lead Software Engineer - Workflow Orchestration to Coupa:

Lead software engineers are the key contributor in complex projects and initiatives.They are responsible for quality software deliverables as per the timeline. They work closely with other team engineers and provide technical leadership/guidance to a small team. They are proficient in programming languages and technology in use by the team. They often participate in investigating complex problems and driving resolution. Lead engineers networks with key contacts outside his/her area of expertise and provide robust solutions.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the design and development of new architecture and major functional upgrades for the most advanced capabilities of the Coupa Platform.
• Build solid expertise of the entire Coupa application suite and leverage this knowledge to better design application and data frameworks
• Adhere to Coupa iterative development processes to deliver concrete value each release while driving longer term technical vision
• Acts as the sounding board for architecture standards and patterns, with demonstrated passion for advocating their correct usage and excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Document the solutions leveraging existing standards and create new templates where required; present them to project-specific governing bodies for review and approval. Consulting skills are imperative to gain consensus on solutions proposed.
• Work alongside Engineering and Product leadership teams to co-create the feature designs for the major releases and participate in defect analysis for maintenance releases to ensure the robust functional resolution to the customer-facing issues.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, designers, and developers.
• Engage cross-organizational teams such as Product Management, Integrations, Services, Support, and Operations, to ensure the success of overall software development, implementation, and deployment.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

• 7–10 years of experience in Java and Spring ecosystem.
• Strong background in microservices design and RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services .
• Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous messaging
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Camunda or other workflow engines.
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Exposure to orchestration platforms and BPMN modeling.
• Experience building platforms or developer-focused internal tools.

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